thanks for the comments, everyone. interesting to read individuals thoughts and experiences.
also be interested to know in what capacity you use your units (ie, home/studio/live/etc) and what, it any, back-up plan you have for your situation (ie when gigging a new OS do you have a contingency plan if there are issues or perhaps you keep previous OS versions to fall back on)
Firstly, and again, thread applies to all models (admins- when will you let us select "all models"?)
Who has no intention (for the time being) to upgrade from OS13 to OS14, whether your unit benefits from v2 profiles or not?
I have a few Kemper units, one of which is the old hardware and therefore not capable of v2 profiles and i like to keep all my units on the same OS for migrating rigs between them.
Other than the new v2 profiles, of which there are few as we are in the early days, i am not aware of any significant benefits and more than happy with my v1 tones.
I notice theres still a few little bugs still being squashed with the new OS14 so even more reason (in my opinion) to keep on OS13 until things settle down especially relying on my Kemper in a professional situation.
Be interested to hear from anyone with similar thoughts or perhaps anyone who thought similar but has changed their mind.
there is the microtune effect, though probably only available with the paid upgrades on the player.
someone else can chime in here with more info
another solution could be to have a 100% wet/dry mix control AND level for any of the fixed FX that are already there. Personally, I dont find the doubler-effect of any use but if it had a wet/dry mix and output level it could be utilised.
In fact, i'd go as far as to say that the majority of guitarists use some form of volume boost at the output stage so why not dedicate on to the last part of the signal chain. Like we've mentioned above, a simple level-boost effect should be easy to implement.
it should affect both - if the effect is big enough depends on your situation - have you tried it?
so i tried it. The change of level using the pure-boost in the fixed FX pre-amp does as i expected- it drives the amp harder but, even combined with the clean compensation does not achieve a simple output level change.
The only way to truly achieve an increase in apparent volume is to do it post-amp or have i misunderstood something?
have you tried decreasing the 'Clean Compensation' parameter and using the Pure Booster in the Fixed FX front of the AMP module?
"Clean Compensation
When Clean Compensation is set to maximum, the natural loss of volume of the amp PROFILE is compensated as the amp gain is dialed towards clean sounds. Amp volume is simply increased with decreasing gain settings, without further coloration of the sound. This reduces the need to re-level clean sounds for live performances. Most PROFILEs have Clean Compensation set to maximum. By reducing Clean Compensation, you can lower the compensation to zero to achieve a natural gain behavior. This is recommended when using a distortion effect in front of an amp, and you’re aiming for that classic boost effect when engaging the distortion."
Assuming this does work (and i will get round to trying it) its a lot more faff than a simple post-amp boost rather and better than a work-around-solution for something would be more easily accessed and controllable. A post-amp pure boost would be a simple and obvious solution.
it should affect both - if the effect is big enough depends on your situation - have you tried it?
i have yet to try this as i am away from my rig.
On the assumption morphing is unavailable (assigned to other functions) how would the user engage this "boost" with a button?
and what kind of amount of boost is possible, ie, +3dB more or less?
We might be at the cap of what even the new mk2 can handle simultaneously, without running out of DSP or making us users manage DSP to allow more.
while it may be true that an extra FX would require additional DSP processing, a simple "gain-adjustment" (boost or reduce) requires the most minimal amount of processing so i cant imagine the DSP overhead required would max out the system doing so.
have you tried decreasing the 'Clean Compensation' parameter and using the Pure Booster in the Fixed FX front of the AMP module?
"Clean Compensation
When Clean Compensation is set to maximum, the natural loss of volume of the amp PROFILE is compensated as the amp gain is dialed towards clean sounds. Amp volume is simply increased with decreasing gain settings, without further coloration of the sound. This reduces the need to re-level clean sounds for live performances. Most PROFILEs have Clean Compensation set to maximum. By reducing Clean Compensation, you can lower the compensation to zero to achieve a natural gain behavior. This is recommended when using a distortion effect in front of an amp, and you’re aiming for that classic boost effect when engaging the distortion."
thanks for the tip, while that may work as a "solo boost" for clean sounds, it would not work with overdriven or distorted sounds. It would, in the case of adjusting levels pre-amp, affect the amount of overdrive rather than the apparent output level.
If i have misunderstood please clarify. thanks
is there anyway to automate this or refresh rigs as part of the upgrade process?
or, will the auto-update be implemented in a newer firmware to avoid this "manual" house-keeping?
i've had many occasion where an OS upgrade requires me to re-save every single rig in order to remove "ghost" morphed parameters for them to reappear on subsequent upgrades.
I nearly put this in the feature request sections but thought it likely to get moved by the powers that be.
Referring to creating a post in most forums sections, we can only choose ONE Kemper model.
Can we have multi-selection please?
So many posts and discussions relate to all models rather than a specific one.
Whilst were at it, how would you choose the remote or kabinet as the subject of a discussion?
The Profiler Model referred to in this thread is ... *
☑️ Profiler Head/Rack ☑️ Profiler Stage ☑️ Profiler PlayerSelect which type of Profiler you are talking about in this thread
I would say that most players make use of some kind of post-amp volume boost for solos so to have one available in the post-section fixed FX would be very useful.
I appreciate it can be done other ways, such as morph-volumes, expression-pedal or in the other post-amp slots but sometimes these are consumed otherwise.
Being a simple gain function with on/off control should not consume much CPU overhead.
Looking nice
I'm a UI designer and I've come up with a proposal to improve the interface; feel free to give your opinions.
Theres a couple of considerations with a small-display depending if you are stood playing live or sitting at home/studio.
In the studio you can have more info and more time to observe the screen whereas playing live you need basic info at a glance from a distance. Some people like big text, patch-names, others like bank+slot details, others prefer to see the state of FX.
Great that the midicaptain has been given so much more potential from the time and dedication from people like tunetown
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I wonder if anyone had similar problem:
I have deleted all files from midi captain folder, copied all files from content folder from pyswitch project. After device reboot I get following issue (see screenshot)
If I install back original fw, controller works fine.
I have tried several times installing pyswitch, also a have formatted midi cpt disk and tried once again. Always the same result.
Any ideas how to solve?
this is usually the state of the midicaptain when no Kemper is connected (or duff USB cable?
Again- thread applies to ALL units (get this sorted please, web-admins!!)
Follow up to this thread-volume or level control for double-tracker
Another search for that wider-sound-scape-
As it stands, the double-tracker effect has limited use as it is not completely mono-compatible. If there was some way to retain the apparent volume level when L+R were summed it would be useful.
Some widening effects have a the original sound centre and the L+R cancel out when summed mono. This would be better so that stereo output devices deliver the big/wide sound but summed-to-mono retains the original sound where there is no benefit to having a wide sound anyhow.
Example-
https://www.etsy.com/listing/430431…-midi-converter
Thank you, anyone have a quick link to an appropriate cable or adapter?
that appears to be a mini jack (1/8 inch) adapter as opposed to a standard (1/4 inch) jack.
I take it your jack cable on your expression pedal is 1/4 inch. The midicaptain has a 1/4 inch TRS jack socket.
I’m still struggling with my expression pedals (Volume and Wah)
don't forget- where as the majority of pedals use TRS as T=variable, S=hot H=ground, the midicaptain has the T+S the other way round.
This sounds exactly like the symptoms you are experiencing
You need to have an adapter cable or change something on your expression pedal. (or a bit of re-soldering on the connecting TRS cable)
tunetown Hi! I always use a USB connection with the PySwitch MC10 and Kemper Head, and everything is fine. Today I tried connecting the Kemper Head to MIDI In and MIDI Out with two MIDI cables, but it doesn't work: the MC10 starts up but doesn't send or receive any signals. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.
If i recall correctly, you have to enable communication over the din connectors in the settings/code as it is disabled by default.
I don’t know what else I can do since this problem is beyond my control.
would a long USB cable be a solution for the time being?
The MC would still be in "beer spillage" range
If anyone can help me solve these problems, I would appreciate it.
May we ask, why have you not connected your MC to your Kemper using a USB cable?
Have you tried using a cable set-up, bypassing the wireless/bluetooth arrangement to eliminate if that is the issue?
